Certain diabetes and weight-loss drugs like semaglutide and dulaglutide might help reduce binge eating, especially in people with binge eating disorder, by affecting how the brain handles rewards.

When a drug like semaglutide turns on certain brain and body signals, it helps people feel fuller, eat less, and lose about 15% of their body weight on average.

Diabetes drugs called GLP-1 agonists might help people overcome addictions by reducing how pleasurable substances like alcohol, nicotine, and opioids feel in the brain.

Medications that mimic a gut hormone called GLP-1 can make people feel less hungry, eat less food, and lose body fat over time.

People with type 2 diabetes or obesity who take GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide might be less likely to develop depression or anxiety.

People with obesity who take certain diabetes drugs like exenatide or dulaglutide might end up drinking less alcohol — one study says exenatide cuts alcohol use by over a kilogram in a month, and dulaglutide by about 1.4 drinks a day.